Rein-holder



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E. E. BREWSTER.

REIN HOLDER.

N0.380,676. PatentedApr. 1o, was.

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NITED STATES PATENT EDWARD E. BREWSTER, OF HOLLY, MIOHIGAN.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 380,676. datec'l April 10, 1888,

Application fi1ed Decernber 7,1887. Seria1 N0. 257,195. (N0 mode'l.)

T0 all w7wm it mag; concern:

Be iE known EhaE I, EDWARD E. BREWSTER, of Holly, in Ehe counEy of Oakland andSE'at-e 0f Michigan, have invented new and usefu1 Improvements in Rein-Holdem; and I hereby declare EhaE Ehe following is a fu1l, clear, and exaeE deseription Ehereof, reference being had t0 Ehe accoxnpanying drawings, which form a parE 0f Ehis speeification.

My invention relates Eo irnprovements in rein-holdem, and is an improvement upon Ehe invention patented Eo n1e by UniEed SEates %gaers PatenE N0. 282,609, dated August 7,

The objeeE 0f my inventien is Eo provie an improved apparaEns E0 be atEaehed Eo Ehe dash board 0f a vehiele, by which Ehe driver may secure Ehe reins f10n1 falling nnder Ehe horses feeE. .I attain this objeeE by Ehe mechanisrn lillustrated in Ehe aceompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevaEion 0f Ehe enEire appa ratus. Fig. 2 is a secbion 011 Ehe Iin e x x, Fig. l, the figu re being reversed and Ehe npperpor- Eion shown below Ehe section. Fig. 3 is a see- Eion 0n Ehe 1ine yy, Fig. l; an(1 Fig. 4 is an isomeEric view, showing Ehe inside of Ehe end of Ehe tongue 0f Ehe c1amp X.

Sirnilar letters refer Eo similarparts Eh roughouE Ehe several views.

In Ehe aeeompanying drawings, which fox1n a parE of Ehis specifieation, A reprcsents Ehe stationary jaw 0f my improved rein-holder provided wiEh ears af, beEween whieh Ehe j aw B is pivotally secnred. ThejawA is provided near iEs 1owe1 end with an enlargemenE, b, inelosing a chamber wiEhin whieh is seated a. spring, O, and Ehe lower end of Ehe movahle jaw B 1's provided WiEh a Spur, c, whieh enters Ehe bore of seid spring and reEains Ehe same in place. The objecE 0f Ehe spring is by iEs expansive f0rce Eo keep Ehe npper ends 0f Ehe jaws in eontaet, and as Ehese ende Eurn 0nE- wardly frorn euch 0Eher Ehey acE as guides Eo guide Ehe reins bebween Ehe EWO jaws, evercoming t0 a cert-ain extenE Ehe resistanee 0f Ehe spring. The jaw A is provided wiEh means for securi'ng Ehe san1e E0 Ehe dash-board, in Ehe figure a elamp, X, being shown for EhaE purpose, E0 embrace Ehe frame of a leaEher dash-board. The clamp X allows Ehe ready attachmenE and deEachmenE of Ehe device, so

K is a projeeEion fron1 Ehe jaw A, whieh en Eers into a caviEy, L, Fig. 3, in Ehe jaw B. The projeetion K slants gradually Eoward Ehe npper parE of Ehe appa'raEusand 1's perpendicular Eo Ehe face of Ehe jaw A aE its lower end, as shown in Fig. l.

The method of adjnsEing Ehe reins Eo and Ehe operation 0f my deviee are as follnws: The reine are placed between Ehe upper ende 0f Ehe jaws A and B und forced down pasE Ehe projecEion K. The slanbing face 0f Ehe jaw B and Ehe slanEing ridge 0f Ehe projection K allow Ehe reins E0 readfly foree Ehe jaws A B aparE 0n entering, while Ehe perpendicular lower end of Ehe projection K will prevenE Ehe reine fi0m being aceidentally disengaged. T0 disengage Ehe reine, Ehe jaws A B are spread aparE by Ehe hands.

Having fully deseribed myinvenEion, whaE I wish Eo claim and secure by Letters PaEent isl. A rein-holder eonsisEing 0f Ehe jaws A B, Ehejaw A being provided wiEh a projection, K, and Ehejaw B having a eaviEy, L, adapted Eo receive the projeetion K, snbstantially as shown and described.

2. In a rein-holder, as deseribed, a 1atch or projecEion, K, slanEing gradually Eoward Ehe.

Eop 0f Ehe apparaEus and forn1ing asquare shonlder aE its lower end, substanEially as shown and described.

3. In a rein-holder, as described, a c1a1np, X, provided 0n its inside wiEh Ehe spurs p, subsEanEially as and f01 Ehe purpose described.

4. The combinaEioh of Ehe jaw A, Ehe ears a f, Ehe 1ugs D H, wiEh Ehe jaw B, provided wiEh Ehe cavities E G, substantially as de scr-ibed.

EDWARD E. BREWSTER.

WiEnesses:

J OHN SOHUMAN, ELLIOTT J. STODDARD. 

